Cutting Tools
Our picks for cutting tools that punch above their price.
Cutting Tools
2″ Indexable Face Mill
Haas' 2″ aluminum face mill with trigon inserts reportedly outperforms some name-brand options and gives 3× the corners per insert.
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Carbide Drills
Haas' carbide drills (a 12mm runs about $33) test competitively against Guhring and OSG for a lot less — one of the strongest values in their lineup.
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Carbide End Mill Sets
Coated carbide end mill sets priced to undercut the big catalogs — convenient if you already buy Haas consumables.
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Carbide Inserts
Surplus and refurbished carbide inserts — worth a look for common grades.
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Cobalt End Mills
Haas pushes their cobalt cutters as the value play, and machinists agree they are most cost-effective in the larger diameters.
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Milling Inserts
Replacement milling inserts at value pricing — handy if you already run Haas indexable bodies.
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Spotting Drills
Carbide spotting drills for accurate hole starts at value pricing.
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Taps
Cutting and forming taps across common sizes — reasonable for production consumable spend.
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TiAlN Carbide End Mills
Coated carbide end mills (a 1/2″ 4-flute TiAlN runs about $40) — solid general-purpose cutters priced to undercut the big catalogs.
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The cheapest way to keep a drill cutting clean is to resharpen it, not replace it. We recondition HSS drills by mail from our shop in Perry, OK — flat-rate, fast turnaround.
Dull drills slowing you down?
The cheapest way to keep a drill cutting clean is to resharpen it, not replace it. We recondition HSS drills by mail from our shop in Perry, OK — flat-rate, fast turnaround.
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